Stocking



J. 1 QUINN Oct. 13,1936.

STOCKING Filed Dec. 50. 1950 gwuwnto'o 9m 6. fw

atbomq ?atented Oct. 13, 1936 UNlTEl) s'rm'ss PATENT @FFIQE 2 Claims.

The object of my invention is toprovide a construction of womansstocking whichcontains certain improvements in the calf or leg portionof a stocking including features of novelty in the formation of the weltforming the upper end of the leg portion.

The improvements in the welt portion consist in forming the outer plythereof, with a frontal outer portion having a lace or open work knittedstructure with the sides and back outer layers of the welt reinforced,preferably by loosening the tension of the yarn and inter-knittingtherewith the reinforcing threads or knitting with a heavier yarn,preferably of a circumferential length of more than one-half the totalcircumference.

I also prefer to knit the inner ply of the welt of a thread or yarnwhich may be of a gauge similar or approximately similar to that em- 2ployed in the leg portion of the stocking and of plain knitting, and tobring out the design of the lace-like frontal ply this inner ply of thewelt may be formed of a yarn or thread insuring a contrast with the saidlace effect even to providing relatively darker color than that in thelace effect, or vice versa. This contrasting distinction may extend tothe employment of distinctive colors in the welt forming threads.

My invention also includes other features of improvement which, togetherwith the above stated features, are fully described hereinafter andfully defined in the claims.

Referring to the drawing;

Fig. 1 is a side view of a womans stocking emv bodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the upper or leg por tion and welt; I

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the stocking looking down upon thewelt end of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a view looking toward the welt and showing a vertical sectionthereof, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, for more fully illustrating thewelt structure.

The body or leg portion of the stocking may be knit in any ordinary waywhether for full fashion or seamless stockings and in either case theupper end of the stocking may be formed with a deep welt of specialconstruction which I will now describe.

The welt 3 is provided-with an outer wall formed of a narrow upper plainknitted portion followed by lace-like portions and by a threadpreferably and approximately corresponding to the thread from which thebody or leg portion of the stocking is knitted and at the front of thiswelt the threads are knitted to form any suitable lace-like designindicated at 5 including spaced lace-like portions 5 supported by plainknitted portions 2a. The several courses of the remainder of the outerwall 6 of the welt may be knitted 5 with the same threads as areemployed in the lace-like portion but the knitting is somewhat looserand is reinforced by an extra reinforcing thread to provide an outerwelt portion of materially greater thickness and density. The in- 10 nerwall 7 of the welt is preferably knitted of the same thread or similarthread as employed in the lace-like portion 5 of the outer wall of thewelt or it may be knitted of any other gauge of thread which may form anormally knitted 15 fabric of similar character to the straight knitting2a in the lace-like portion and the knitted structure of the leg or bodyportion 2, or preferably, the knitting ,of the inner wall 1 maybe of astructure intermediate of the walls 2a and 6 as will be understood byreference to Fig. 3 the lace or open work portions 5 are spaced by plainknitted portions and also bordered at top and bottom by plain knittedcourses.

It will also be understood that the knitting 01 the welt portions 5, 6and 1 may be completed and thereupon the portion first knitted may bereplaced upon the needles and continued to be knitted to form the legportion 2, beginning with the point 4 at the completion of the welt asin- 30 dicated in Fig. 4.

The inner wall 1 of the welt may be knitted with a yarn or thread of acontrasting shade or color to that employed in the lace-like portion 5of the outer wall and which may be seen through 35 the lace-like portionand which by contrast may make the lace-like portion more distinctive.

It will also be understood that the thread of the lace-like portion 5 ofthe welt may be of the same character of thread as employed in the 40body ,of the stocking and may be of a different color or shade than thereinforcing or splice thread of the outer reinforcing portion 6 of thewelt.

It will still further be understood that the en- 45 tire welt may beknitted from the same thread and this thread may be the body thread ofthe stocking and employing a similar or difierent thread for thereinforcing or splice thread formation of the outer welt wall 6, if suchsplicing 5n thread be used.

The construction herein described provides a reinforcedportion at eachside of the stocking at its top and to something of greater extent thanthe semi-circumference of the stocking so as to 55 provide an ampleportion of the reinforced welt to which the supporters may be attached.I prefer to provide the reinforced welt portioni to extend entirelyaround the back portion of the stocking so as to come back of the kneeand to provide a strong, non-stretchable welt portion capable ofsustaining the forward and upward pull of the suspension straps andremove more or less the strain from the lace-like front.

I prefer in the case of a full fashion stocking to provide the markingback of the stocking body where the fashioning takes place, in thatcharacter of well-known knitting structure as provides a series ofminute lace-like apertures 'as shown at 8 in Fig. 1, the said holesbeing formed at every fourth course in the knitting in making theoblique union 9 with the straight portions It) made at the back seam ofthe stocking in such full fashion hosiery.

Of course the welt construction for womens stockings described hereinmay be modified and changed in various ways without departing from theinvention herein set forth and hereafter claimed.

I claim:

l. The herein described improvements in hosiery which consist inknitting the leg or body portion of the stocking with a welt at itsupper end, the said welt formed with an outer wall reinforced by asplice thread for a distance around the back of the welt to a point ateach side of the stocking in advance of the middle thereof, whereby thepulling of attached supporting means in use will cause the reinforcedwelt to resist stretching at the rear of the stocking, and whereinfurther, the outer wall of the weltat thefront portion thereof isknitted with open or lace-like structure portions and boundingintermediate plain knitted portions, the same being backed 10 by aninner wall of the welt formed by close knitting.

U 2..I'he herein described improvements in hosiery which consist inknitting the leg or body portion of the stocking with a welt at itsupper end, the said welt formed with an outer wall reinforced by asplice thread for a distance around the back of the welt to a point ateach side of the stocking in advance of the middle thereof, whereby thepulling of attached supporting means in use will cause the reinforcedwelt'to resist stretching at the rear of the stocking, and whereinfurther, the front portion of the outer wall of the welt is knitted asopen or lace "work and the inner wall of the welt is formed of acontrastmg shade or color from the shade or color oi. the

,yarn forming the open or lace work in the front

